Dead Cats on the M50

Jimmy Bottlehead

Nope, not a joke title.

Seen a ginger cat along the 3rd lane of the M50 Southbound for at least a week now, not damaged but it's going to be in a worse state every day.
Seen another one today, and expecting the same thing.

Anyways, I emailed the M50 people last week (can't even find the form now, it was a pain to find in the first place) to tell them about it and that they might want to pick it up, but to no avail.

Anyone know how else to contact them? I don't think either a rotten cat corpse or a splattered cat will do anybody any favours, and I'd rather not see either happen.

Paulw

DSPCA - http://www.dspca.ie/

Mr Benevolent

Paulw wrote: »

DSPCA - http://www.dspca.ie/

Eh? It's litter, not an animal welfare issue. The cat's dead already.

MugMugs

We could organise a mass Motors dead cat mashing into the M50 day out?

Help this little fella to become one with the earth again (a bit quicker) ??

Cill Dara Abu

Confab wrote: »

Eh? It's litter, not an animal welfare issue. The cat's dead already.

Oh so if there was a dead human on the M50 you would call Oxigen?:rolleyes:

corktina

MugMugs wrote: »

We could organise a mass

FYP

EPM

The council would surely be responsible for the litter?

There's a dead badger on the M7 for the last month, it's swelling in size now. If someone hits that it wont be pretty...

Mr Benevolent

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Oh so if there was a dead human on the M50 you would call Oxigen?:rolleyes:

No, I'd call the emergency services. Dead cats get wrapped in bin liners. What's the DSPCA going to do, hold a funeral for it? It would be extremely dangerous to ask a DSPCA van to go out and scrape up a cat on a motorway. It'd be madness in fact.

Bearcat

Are you sure it was a cat....i whacked a fox on the m50 southbound near the tallaght exit early yesterday. What a wallop but no damage found. Did I brake.....nope. Braked years ago for a fox on the glenamuck road, lost traction and nearly had a head on......

seamus

Confab wrote: »

No, I'd call the emergency services. Dead cats get wrapped in bin liners. What's the DSPCA going to do, hold a funeral for it? It would be extremely dangerous to ask a DSPCA van to go out and scrape up a cat on a motorway. It'd be madness in fact.

The DSPCA wouldn't, they'd tell you to call the local authority responsible.

Even in the case of large animals that the DSPCA have to euthanise at the roadside, they notify the local council to come and collect it, they don't do anything with it themselves.

Not sure what the local council do with it. Do they have an incinerator?

BrianD3

I do a lot of driving (not on the m50) and see an awful lot of roadkill mostly badgers, foxes and cats. Fresh stuff every day as well as the flattened and rotting stuff. Crows having a field day with it.

I get the impression that it is not being cleaned up as quickly as it would have been previously.

Once I saw a dead dog on a fairly busy suburban road when out walking one morning, drivers were hitting it with the underside of their cars and bits of flesh and guts were being ripped from it. I reported it to the council area office but it musn't have been cleaned up because by that evening it was a flat, bloody, furry spot on the road.

Mr Benevolent

Bearcat wrote: »

Are you sure it was a cat....i whacked a fox on the m50 southbound near the tallaght exit early yesterday. What a wallop but no damage found. Did I brake.....nope. Braked years ago for a fox on the glenamuck road, lost traction and nearly had a head on......

Definitely. Never brake suddenly for a smallish animal unless the road is clear. I've said this before, but I used to work for an insurance company and the amount of claims coming in for drivers that had swerved to avoid an animal and hit something far more solid was unreal.

conor2469

the amount of effort the local authorities put into removing animals from the road should be proportional to the size of the animal. If the roadkill isn't a hazard to traffic then it is not a priority. What do you expect the government to do, start a new roadkill brigade that drive around scraping dead hedgehogs off the road?

bijapos

Confab wrote: »

Definitely. Never brake suddenly for a smallish animal unless the road is clear. I've said this before, but I used to work for an insurance company and the amount of claims coming in for drivers that had swerved to avoid an animal and hit something far more solid was unreal.

Ah yes, those cases where "the famous grouse" or "Black & White" terriers are responsible for accidents.

cjt156

seamus wrote: »

Not sure what the local council do with it. Do they have an incinerator?

Not sure but their canteen's chicken nuggets are delicious.

Bearcat

I learned my lesson confab at an early age......a definite bowel emptying event.:D

Anan1

Confab wrote: »

Definitely. Never brake suddenly for a smallish animal unless the road is clear. I've said this before, but I used to work for an insurance company and the amount of claims coming in for drivers that had swerved to avoid an animal and hit something far more solid was unreal.

Braking and swerving are two different things. On a straightish stretch, you should be able to apply full braking with no risk of losing control. Be careful about how you avoid it, but remember that hitting an animal carries its own set of risks.

Katekat

Have seen both the cat (more kitten really) and the fox. If they have to shut down the lanes to get at them, it would cost about 1500 for labour costs alone. I think someone is dumping animals such as cats and dogs on the M50, its the second time a kitten has been seen on the centre barrier, first was was rescued.

pajo1981

bijapos wrote: »

Ah yes, those cases where "the famous grouse" or "Black & White" terriers are responsible for accidents.

Mmmm, black and white.

That's it, I'm off to get smashed. Sittin here like a fool reading this drivel, wtf!

aristotle25

Theres a big dead badger on the chapilizod bypass for weeks now!

Joe 90

bijapos wrote: »

Ah yes, those cases where "the famous grouse" or "Black & White" terriers are responsible for accidents.

Is that a bit like 'John was driving.':)

C4Kid

I was behind a car a year ago that slowed down because a bird was on the road :eek:

MugMugs

I recall a claim we had about 6 years ago.

Incident report was "Policy holder has struck seven cows. Five are dead and another died later on"

We were like, eh ?

Basically, yer man told us that he was driving along when he met a herd of cows and milled through them causing his A4 to be written off.

We did a bit of investigation work and established that he ACTUALLY went out that night, came back to his car only to find it missing (and him pi$$ed) Called the police to report the theft then found his car in the car park. So in he got and off he drove. Police come down looking for the motor and find it low and behold being driven along by it's owner. Go to pull him over. He buries it and ends up taking a short cut through a field and in all his cider induced wisdom, decided that hammering through the cows would aide his escape....

Nope... It caused a VERY big mess instead.

Tosser !

Joe 90

C4Kid wrote: »

I was behind a car a year ago that slowed down because a bird was on the road :eek:

Well, I once had the wiper arm, not the blade broken by a bird. Mind you the bird was a seagull and I was on the right side of 100, mph that is.

Mr Benevolent

So a day in the life of an A4 driver then?

Jimmy Bottlehead

Katekat wrote: »

Have seen both the cat (more kitten really) and the fox. If they have to shut down the lanes to get at them, it would cost about 1500 for labour costs alone. I think someone is dumping animals such as cats and dogs on the M50, its the second time a kitten has been seen on the centre barrier, first was was rescued.

Hope the prick is caught then, I ****ing HATE people who don't treat animals with respect.

I figured it's not the DSPCA's problem as the animals are dead, as has been said... but surely part of the reason we pay the damned tolls is to keep the roads clear and safe? If so, isn't it the obligation of the local authorities?

Mr Benevolent

LIGHTNING wrote: »

To be fair it probably it most likely had a Tdi under the bonnet so it was longing to do some tractor work in the fields.

Imagine if it was an Octavia VRS - they'd still be picking bits of cow off the moon.

dgt

That story on the cows made my day

Rovi

Sounds like a job for these guys:


More info available here: Tremors

corktina

Katekat wrote: »

Have seen both the cat (more kitten really) and the fox. If they have to shut down the lanes to get at them, it would cost about 1500 for labour costs alone. I think someone is dumping animals such as cats and dogs on the M50, its the second time a kitten has been seen on the centre barrier, first was was rescued.

it woudlnt cost anything for labour.The guys get paid anyway.

corktina

OSI wrote: »

If he'd driven backwards he could've got all 7 cows in the boot!

would have improved the car no end.

bijapos

Katekat wrote: »

Have seen both the cat (more kitten really) and the fox.

For the love of little baby Jesus did you have to be so graphic? Just say Cat, no need to mention its only a poor little kitten. *sniff* *sniff* (lower lip quivering here)

Where To

C4Kid wrote: »

I was behind a car a year ago that slowed down because a bird was on the road :eek:

I know first hand the damage a swan can do to a car, not pretty :mad:

Jimmy Bottlehead

Well it's still there, and is now melting into the road

Eric Cartman

aristotle25 wrote: »

Theres a big dead badger on the chapilizod bypass for weeks now!

and thats a big fookin badger, doesnt look crushed at all

Eric Cartman

bijapos wrote: »

For the love of little baby Jesus did you have to be so graphic? Just say Cat, no need to mention its only a poor little kitten. *sniff* *sniff* (lower lip quivering here)

i suppose, most people dont care, but to you its a cat-astrophey

Stark

bijapos wrote: »

For the love of little baby Jesus did you have to be so graphic? Just say Cat, no need to mention its only a poor little kitten. *sniff* *sniff* (lower lip quivering here)

It was cuddling up with a puppy before it got run over.

Gregor Samsa

The problem is that the cat just isn't being advertised correctly. Try this:

vibe666

all these people assuming that these animals are dead. did nobody stop to check for a pulse?

they could just be sleeping. badgers are famous for sleeping at the side of the road, i see loads of them all the time, the lazy feckers.

corktina

Stark wrote: »

It was cuddling up with a puppy before it got run over.

a puppy that saved it from a fire....which is now pining for it's best friend.

Wexfordian

corktina wrote: »

a puppy that saved it from a fire....which is now pining for it's best friend.

Is this going to turn into "Lassie: the Early Years"?